Heusden
Heusden | |
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Postcode | 5150–5154, 5250–5256 |
Area code | 0416, 073 |
Website | www |
Heusden (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɦøːzdə(n)] ⓘ) is a municipality and a town in the South of the Netherlands. It is located between the towns of Waalwijk and 's-Hertogenbosch. The municipality of Heusden, including Herpt, Heesbeen, Hedikhuizen, Doeveren, and Oudheusden, merged with Drunen and Vlijmen in 1997, giving the municipality its current form.
The middle part of national park the
Population centres
Heusden town
Before 1997, Heusden was a municipality in itself, that included the communities of Herpt, Heesbeen, Hedikhuizen, Doeveren, and Oudheusden.
Castle
The settlement of Heusden on the river
Fortifications and restoration
At the beginning of the
By the early nineteenth century, the defence works fell into disrepair and were dismantled. In 1968, however, extensive restoration works started, and fortifications were carefully rebuilt, based on and inspired by a 1649 map of the city of Heusden by
Heusden Town Hall Massacre
In October 1944, towards the end of
A few weeks after
Witnesses have stated [
A new town hall was erected in 1956. Designed and built in the style of the Bossche School, it has much less splendour than its late-gothic predecessor. A memorial tablet in the forecourt still remembers the lives that were lost in the night of 4 to 5 November 1944. Its inscription: "Wandelaar, waar gij staat vielen vijf november 1944 honderd vier en dertig burgers den oorlog ten offer." ("Passer-by, where you are, on five November 1944 one hundred and thirty four civilians fell victim to the war.")
Inscriptions on one of the larger bells in the tower "Nabestaanden, als ik luid, weet: Uw vele, vele doden zijn niet oorlogs droeve buit, maar aan 't Gastmaal Gods genoden." ("Relatives, when I ring, know: Your many, many decedents are not the sad spoils of war, but the guests of God's banquet."), and an epitaph "5 November 1944. Hier staat in steen geschreven geen daad of droom, geen leven, maar slechts het blijvend feit van hun afwezigheid" ("5 November 1944. Here is written in stone no act or dream, no life, but only the permanent fact of their absence") in the building itself are also dedicated to the memory of the victims.
The massacre ("Stadhuisramp") is commemorated every year.[4]
With the fusion of the municipalities of Heusden, Drunen and Vlijmen in 1997, the town hall had lost its original function. Since 2005, the building has housed a visitors centre.
Notable residents
- Gisbertus Voetius (1589 in Heusden – 1676) a Dutch Calvinist theologian
- Jonkheer Jacob van Eyck (ca.1590 in Heusden – 1657) a Dutch nobleman, musician and composer
- Dirck van Delen (ca.1605 in Heusden – 1671) a Dutch painter of palaces and church interiors.
- Dirck Wijntrack (1615 in Heusden – 1678) a Dutch Golden Age painter
- Jacob van Wassenaer Obdam (1645 in Heusden – 1714) a Dutch general in the War of the Spanish Succession
- Philip Lichtenberg (1669 – 1678), Dutch military officer and Governor of Surinam[5]
- Jean Conrad de Kock (1756 in Heusden – 1794) a lawyer, banker and republican. Guillotined in Paris.
- Hendrik Merkus de Kock (1779 in Heusden – 1845) a Dutch general and nobleman in the Batavian Navy and Lieutenant Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
- Theodore James Ryken (1797 in Heusden – 1871) a Dutch Roman Catholic, founded the Xaverian Brothers
- Lieven Ferdinand de Beaufort (1879 in Den Treek – 1968) a Dutch biologist, museum director and academic
- Martin van Rooijen (born 1942 in Drunen) a Dutch politician
- Josje Huisman (born 1986 in Heusden) a Dutch singer, actress, dancer, host and writer[6]
- Jolijn van de Wiel (born 1992 in Drunen) a Dutch actress[7]
Sport
- Ton van Engelen (born 1950 in Den Bosch) a retired Dutch football goalkeeper
- Lars Boom (born 1985 in Vlijmen) a professional cyclo-cross and road racing cyclist
- Jesse Timmermans (born 1989 in Vlijmen) a Dutch tennis player.
Image gallery
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Aerial photograph of the fortifications
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Rijksvluchthaven, Yacht harbour in Heusden
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Heusden, living-houses in fortress
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Heusden, windmills and drawing bridge
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Heusden, Netherlands - panoramio
References
- ^ "Kerncijfers wijken en buurten 2020" [Key figures for neighbourhoods 2020]. StatLine (in Dutch). CBS. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- ^ "Postcodetool for 5151JH". Actueel Hoogtebestand Nederland (in Dutch). Het Waterschapshuis. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
- ^ "Bevolkingsontwikkeling; regio per maand" [Population growth; regions per month]. CBS Statline (in Dutch). CBS. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
- ^ 4worx. "Herdenking Stadhuisramp indrukwekkend - Heusdense Courant - de Weekkrant". deweekkrant.nl (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 19 July 2011.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Benjamins, Herman Daniël; Snelleman, Johannes (1917). Encyclopaedie van Nederlandsch West-Indië (in Dutch). Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. p. 453.
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